MCMLXXVIII sits proudly on the shelf, reflecting, suffering, chuckling. It’s unapologetically surreal, crammed with undisguised depression and hotblooded humor. Do you dare disturb it…or let it disturb you?
MCMLXXVII’s uncertainty, contradiction, horror, joy, lies and truths do not at all tell the story of my life, but express, rather, the essence of my inner experience.
Overcoming rapid-cycling manic depression, killing my relentlessly accusatory inner voice, and learning to face death are I believe the most important achievements of my life, certainly the most liberating. This book celebrates those *triumphs, fictionally. (“Triumph from Latin trimp(h)us, probably from Greek thriambos ‘hymn to Dionysus’)
This is a limited edition you can’t buy through the book trade, so knock softly on the THREE ARTS PRESS door. “Curiosity sent me.” (i.e., email- contact@threeartspress.com)
MCMLXXVIII sits on the shelf, proud to be next to Lillian Moats’ writing and the films we’ve made in our nearly 50 year creative partnership.
JP Somersaulter
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